BSEC removes floor price on BEXIMCO, IBBL shares
Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday removed floor price restrictions on shares of Bangladesh Export Import Company (BEXIMCO) and Islami Bank Bangladesh PLC after near four years...
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BSEC holds workshop for woman investors
The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday organised a free primary investment education workshop for women investors as part of its ongoing initiative to ensure effective participation of women in the capital market...
Brokers urge BSEC to scrap floor price
Bangladesh’s stockbrokers have called on the capital market regulator to immediately withdraw floor prices from the country’s equity market, warning that the artificial price mechanism is choking trading activity and eroding investor confidence...
BSEC sets June 30 deadline to appoint female directors
The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) has directed listed companies that failed to appoint female independent directors in line with the Corporate Governance Code, 2018, to complete the appointments by June 30 this year...
SCRAPPING AGE LIMITS FOR BSEC, IDRA HEADS: Lawmakers debate bills after passage
The Jatiya Sangsad on Thursday passed two amendment bills removing age limits for appointments to the top positions of the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission and the Insurance Development and Regulatory Authority, despite...
BSEC bans 3 CA firms, 4 auditors over anomalies
The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission has banned and penalised three audit firms and four audit partners over serious irregularities in auditing listed companies, according to a BSEC investigation report...
Bills tabled to remove age limits for BSEC, IDRA heads
Finance minister Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury on Tuesday placed two amendment bills in the Jatiya Sangsad, proposing the removal of age limits for the appointment of the heads and members of the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission...
BSEC explores flexibility in IPO proceeds for debt repayment
The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday held a high-level strategic dialogue at its multipurpose hall in the city to address the utilisation of Initial Public Offering proceeds for loan repayment and issuer investments...
BSEC, Uttara Group hold meeting
Bangladesh Steel And Engineering Corporation chairman Md Anwarul Alam and Uttara Group chairman and managing director Matiur Rahman held a meeting on Tuesday at the former’s premises in the city...
BSEC approves Tk 500cr bond for Akij Food and Beverage
The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday allowed Akij Food and Beverage Limited to raise Tk 500 crore through issuing zero-coupon bond...
BSEC probes allegations against Navana Pharma board
The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission has launched an investigation into allegations of irregularities involving board members of Navana Pharmaceuticals...
BSEC urges CDBL to play role in market modernisation
The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission and Central Depository Bangladesh Limited convened a high-level meeting on Wednesday to discuss the automation and structural modernization of the country’s capital market.
BSEC, BMBA to work for market dev
The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission and the newly elected executive committee of the Bangladesh Merchant Bankers Association have committed to work together in enhancing the country’s capital market...
BSEC extends deadline for provisioning of 6 market intermediaries
The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission, the country’s capital market regulator, has decided to conditionally extend the deadline for provision conservation and adjustment for six additional intermediary institutions...
BSEC ends closed-end MF approval
The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission has issued a new set of mutual fund regulations that introduce strict operational, governance, and investment standards, while prohibiting the approval of any new closed-end mutual funds...
BSEC, CSE host AML workshop
The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission and the Chittagong Stock Exchange on Sunday jointly organised a daylong training workshop on ‘AML/CFT Compliance and Risk-Based Supervision’.
BSEC workshop on stress management held
Bangladesh Steel and Engineering Corporation organised a comprehensive in-house training programme, focusing on enhancing document management skills and stress management techniques for its officers.
BSEC intensifies financial literacy prog
The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission is ramping up various initiatives and activities to enhance investment education and capital market awareness across the nation...
BSEC fines 6 individuals, 1 firm Tk 44.4cr
The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) has fined six individuals and one institution a total of Tk 44.40 crore for manipulating shares of two listed companies — New Line Clothings Limited and Pioneer Insurance Limited — back in 2021...
BSEC bans Salman, Shibli from capital market for life
The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission has imposed lifetime bans on Salman F Rahman, former IFIC Bank PLC chairman and Beximco Group vice-chairman, former BSEC chairman Shibli Rubayat-Ul-Islam, and Salman's son Ahmed Shayan Fazlur Rahman, former IFIC Bank vice-chairman, from participating in the country’s capital market.
BSEC to meet retail investors May 29
The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission will hold a consultation meeting with representatives of retail investor organizations on May 29 at 12:00pm...
BSEC defends commissioner
The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission has dismissed allegations of share trading against its Commissioner Md Mohsin Chowdhury, asserting that the claims are baseless and misleading...
Yunus asks BSEC hire foreign experts, reform stock market in 3 months
Chief adviser Muhammad Yunus on Sunday asked the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission to undertake urgent reforms in the capital market, bringing foreign experts to reform the market and bring stability within the next three months...
Stock investors demand BSEC chief’s removal
Stock market investors on Saturday called for the immediate removal of the chairman of the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC), accusing him of failing to manage the market effectively.
Leadership vacuum at BSEC deepens stock market crisis
Bangladesh’s capital markets are mired in an escalating crisis, marked by a mass exodus of retail investors, paralysed regulatory decision-making, and eroding confidence...
Stock brokers frustrated by reform absence
Leaders of the DSE Brokers Association (DBA) on Saturday expressed frustration over the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission’s (BSEC) inaction, even after the major political shift on August 5.
BSEC plans to boost bond market
The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission said that fixed-income securities such as corporate bonds and sukuk were crucial for the development of the capital market...
Stakeholders urge quick resolution to BSEC crisis
Stakeholders of the capital market on Sunday called for a swift resolution to the ongoing crisis at the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission, expressing concerns that the recent incidents at the commission had caused frustration and anxiety among investors at home and abroad...
BSEC officials go on strike
Officials and employees of the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission have abstained from work on Thursday, demanding resignation of chairman Khandaker Rashed Maqsood and other commissioners...
BSEC officers threaten to go on strike
Officials of the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday announced that they would go on strike if the chairman and three commissioners did not resign...